Divergent-thinking-based creativity is positively linked with academic achievement, with stronger effects for psychometric than self-report measures¶
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q3 i? A meta-analysis of 120 studies found a modest but positive relationship between creativity (largely divergent thinking) and academic achievement, stronger for psychometric creativity measures, standardized achievement tests, verbal measures, and middle school. → Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting 2024
q2 i? Creativity measured by psychometric and self-report measures accounted for a significant proportion (18%) of Australian adolescents' standardized academic performance after controlling for personality and GPA. → Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting 2024 (2)
Evidence¶
Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting 2024¶
Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting. (2024). Linking Disparate Strands: A Critical Review of the Relationship Between Creativity and Education. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09973-z
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The review reports a meta-analysis of 120 studies finding a "modest but positive relationship between creativity... and academic achievement", with stronger effects for psychometric tests, standardized achievement tests, verbal measures, and middle school.
"a meta-analysis of 120 studies reported a modest but positive relationship between creativity—which was largely based on divergent thinking measures—and academic achievement (Gajda et al., 2017)."
Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting 2024 (2)¶
Bruce S. Rawlings & Sarah J. Cutting. (2024). Linking Disparate Strands: A Critical Review of the Relationship Between Creativity and Education. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09973-z
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The review reports a study in which creativity, measured by psychometric and self-report measures, "accounted for a significant proportion (18%)" of adolescents' standardized academic performance after controlling for personality and grade point average.
"accounted for a significant proportion (18%) of 15–18-year-old Australian children's performance on standardized academic assessments of school taught subjects (e.g. English, maths, arts, technologies, sciences and humanities) even after controlling for personality and grade point average (Kaufman et al., 2023)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Cross-cultural studies show Eastern children can outperform Western ones on creativity measures, and children with little schooling can show high divergent thinking — related
- Teachers' ratings of children's creativity correlate poorly with psychometric performance, and teachers tend to prefer appropriate answers over novel ones — related
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Divergent-thinking-based creativity is positively linked with academic achievement, with stronger effects for psychometric than self-report measures |
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Divergent-thinking-based creativity is positively linked with academic achievement, with stronger effects for psychometric than self-report measures |
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